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(1) 1 John LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Spouse: Margaret McDOUGAL
Marr Date: 20 Feb 1807
Marr Place: Newhaven, North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Children: William (~1808-?)
Margaret (~1809-)
NOTES: According to the "Dictionary of Scottish History", there was a Liston barony in Mid and West Lothian, held by the Knights Hospitallers (also known as the Knights of St John of Jerusalem). The Knights Hospitallers had their headquarters in Scotland at Torphichen. This is confirmed in "The Surnames of Scotland" by George F. Black, in SLQ, where it is said that Liston is from the old barony of Liston, now included in the parish of Kirkliston.
Some relevant dates from Scottish history:
1783 - the government imposed a tax on every christening, marriage and burial entry recorded in church records. This probably led to many events going unrecorded.
1793 - the tax was repealed. Because many people had not been recorded in parish registers during the 10 year existence of the law, sometimes whole families were recorded afterwards.
1810 - the first power loom was used in Scotland, heralding increased building of factories.
(2) 1.1 William LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: abt Jun 1808
Birth Place: North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Death Date: ?
Occ: Shipís Pilot
NOTES:From Margaret Hogg, in letter of 9 November, 1994, received 15 November, 1994: "William Liston was a pilot on the Clyde, working from Ardrossan, and had come over from the East coast of Scotland ... he was christened in N. Leith on 14 June 1808 ..."
The following information is taken largely from the Dictionary of Scottish History. The land and harbour of Leith were granted to Holyrood Abbey by David I of Scotland. North Leith was held directly by the abbey. In 1636 it was made a burgh of barony with Edinburgh as superior (collecting all the income); in 1833 it was made an independent parliamentary burgh, and in 1920 it amalgamated with Edinburgh.
The term "Burgh of Barony" was first used about 1400. From the 12th Century, the King had authorised landholders to have burghs on their land - the burgh seems to be basically a local government area like a shire.
The burghs of barony proliferated from the 15th century onwards, usually with powers to hold markets and fairs for local trade, but not to infringe the Royal burghs' monopoly of foreign trade.
Spouse: Mary RUSSELL
Birth Date: 1807/1808
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death Date: ?
Occ: Fish Dealer
NOTES:1851 Scottish Census shows Mary to be widowed, living at 56 Glasgow Street Ardrossan as the head of the household, and her occupation to be a fish dealer.
Marriage date from Surname index to marriages in OPRs to 1855, Scotland, Ayr. (IGI Batch M115764; Serial sheet: 0267).
The name Russell is probably a diminutive of rous (red). Source: "The Surnames of Scotland" by George F. Black, in State Library of Queensland.
Marr Date: 12 May 1827
Marr Place: Ardrossan, Ayr
Children: Adam (1827-)
Jemima (1830-)
Janet Curdie
David (1834-)
William (~1835-1905)
Malcolm Robertson (1837-)
Robert (1838-)
Mary (1840-)
James Hamilton (1844-)
Robertson (1845-)
(3) 1.1.1 Adam LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 28 Dec 1827/1828
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
No mention in 1851 Scottish Census - i.e. not at residence with Mary Russell and his siblings at time of census.
(3) 1.1.2 Jemima LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 16 Jan 1830
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
(3) 1.1.3 Janet Curdie LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
(3) 1.1.4 David LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 9 Oct 1834
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
1851 Census shows David's occupation to be an apprentice ship's carpenter.
(3) 1.1.5 William LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: abt Aug 1835
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death Date: 30 Apr 1905, age: 69
Death Place: Ballarat, Vic.
Burial Date: 2 May 1905
Burial Place: Skipton, Vic.
Occ: Farmer
NOTES:William emigrated to Australia approx. 1852.
"... typically it was the rural plowman, shepherd, or craftsman, the urban skilled worker or young adults from the lower strata of the middle classes who pulled up their roots and sought a new life in America or the Antipodes."
(Smout, T.C. Lifestyles in the lowlands of Scotland: Seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.)
1851 Scottish Census shows William as being present in the Ardrossan household with his mother and his siblings - David (17) Apprentice ship carpenter; Robert (12), Mary (9), James (8), and Robinson (6). William's occupation is shown as an apprentice baker.
Information from Jean Roberta Liston: "One of the Listons was a protege of the Duke of Hamilton; the Listons were a noted family in the Ardrossan area."
"An editor of 'The Ardrossan Herald' had researched the Liston family history and gone back 600 years." (This was apparently told to my grandmother Jean Liston by her brother Alec who was in the UK during WWII. He went to Ardrossan during this time and, I believe, spoke to the editor.)
"William Liston had a farm at Spring Hill nr Skipton. His children all had to go to work at 11 yrs of age - he was a very hard man. He left 500 pounds to each of his children."
NB: Birth date unclear - christened 20 Aug 1835.
Spouse: Agnes Howison SLATER
Birth Date: 1847
Birth Place: Lauder, Roxburgh, Scotland
Death Date: 16 Nov 1901, age: 54
Death Place: Skipton, Vic.
Father: Adam SLATER
Mother: Agnes HOWISON
LauderNOTES:Some information about Ardrossan from the Dictionary of Scottish History: The lands belonged to Fergus in the reign of Robert I (1274-1329). Later there was a barony held by the lords Montgomery. A castle, now in ruins, dates probably from the late 13th century. It was destroyed by Cromwell. Ardrossan became a burgh of barony for 5 pound householders in 1846.
From the Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (First edition): " A port on the Firth of Clyde, 12 miles/20 km west of Kilmarnock. Passenger boat services to Arran and Northern Ireland."
Information from Jean Roberta Liston: "Agnes died young, in her 50s".
Death Certificate 15472
Married at age 16.
Emigrated approx. 1853. Birth place shown as Shreve/Shrive in Roxburghshire on death certificate; name also looks like "Horrison" or even "Harrison" but "Howison" eventually seemed more appropriate.
Marr Date: 21 Nov 1863
Marr Place: Melbourne, Vic.
Children: Agnes Robina (1864-)
Mary Russell (1865-~1940)
William Hamilton (1867-)
Adam Slater (1871-1938)
Sarah Janet (1872-1926)
James Robertson
Euphemia Jessie (1880-)
Jeanie Russell (1882-)
Elizabeth Allan (1883-)
James William (1885-)
Margaret
Marion
(4) 1.1.5.1 Agnes Robina LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1864/1865
(4) 1.1.5.2 Mary Russell LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1865/1866
Death Date: abt 1940, age: 75
No children.
Spouse: Albert Edward HILL
Birth Date: 1885
Death Date: 1961, age: 76
(4) 1.1.5.3 William Hamilton LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1867/1868
Unmarried.
(4) 1.1.5.4 Adam Slater LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1871
Death Date: 1938, age: 67
Death Place: Prahran, Vic.
Death Certificate #9372 (?Vic)
Spouse: Agnes KENNEDY
Marr Date: 1901
Children: Margaret Mona (1902-?)
(4) 1.1.5.5 Sarah Janet LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1872
Birth Place: Skipton, Vic.
Death Date: 1926, age: 54
Death Place: Malvern East
Unmarried
(4) 1.1.5.6 Malcolm Robert LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 16 Aug 1874
Birth Place: Skipton, Vic.
Death Date: 21 May 1944, age: 69
Death Place: Melbourne, Vic.
Burial Date: 23 May 1944
Burial Place: Henty, NSW
Occ: Policeman; Farmer
Reli: Presbyterian
NOTES:Built "Ardrossan" 144 (now ?94) Mitchell St, Brunswick with money from his father who left each of his children 500 pounds.
He was a policeman stationed at Coburg Police Station; "Const 4944 Brunswick" from death certificate of Caroline de Whan. From Discharge Certificate: was a Constable in the Vic. Police from 4th June 1901-31st July 1913
After leaving the police force, he had a farm at Linga in the Mallee.
He worked as a gardener at CEGGS Melbourne after selling the farm.
Aged 69 at death; information from Jean Roberta Liston, 24 Jan 1993.
Statement of account from Prince Henryís indicates that he had been living at 255 Bourke Rd Glen Iris SE6. He was charged 2 guineas for his time as a patient of Prince Henryís from 6/5/44-20/5/44.
Birth certificate shows Mrs Slater as the nurse certifying the birth - presumably the mother of Agnes.
Spouse: Margaret LENNON
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1870
Birth Place: Beaufort, Vic
Death Date: 28 Nov 1940, age: 70
Death Place: Wagga Wagga, NSW
Occ: School Teacher
Father: Patrick Thomson LENNON (1820-1903)
Mother: Caroline DE WHAN (1835-1905)
NOTES:Aged 70 at death: information from Jean Roberta Liston; 24 Jan 1993.
Vic. Births register # 04761.
Birth place shown as Main Lead or Raglan on birth certificate.
Marr Date: 1902
Children: Alexander William (1904-1964)
Jean Roberta (1906-1997)
Elsie Mary
Malcolm Keith (1914-~1999)
(4) 1.1.5.7 James Robertson LISTON
-----------------------------------------------James noted as "Dead" on William Liston's death certificate 1905.
(4) 1.1.5.8 Euphemia Jessie LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1880
Known as Effie. Had 6 children.
Spouse: Richard GRIFFITH
Marr Date: 19043
Children: John (Jock) (1904-?)
William
Clive (1907-~1958)
Joseph
Walter (1914-1919)
Margaret
(4) 1.1.5.9 Jeanie Russell LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1882/1883
Unmarried
(4) 1.1.5.10 Elizabeth Allan LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1883/1884
Known as Lizzie. Unmarried
(4) 1.1.5.11 James William LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1885/1886
In the 1950s, was said to be living in the Goolgowi district of NSW - information from Elsie Liston.
(4) 1.1.5.12 Margaret LISTON
-----------------------------------------------The two youngest girls, Maggie and Minnie, died in early childhood in a diphtheria epidemic - information from Elsie Liston.
(4) 1.1.5.13 Marion LISTON
-----------------------------------------------(3) 1.1.6 Malcolm Robertson LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 23 Mar 1837
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Spouse: Catherine KENNEDY
Children: Catherine Malcolm (1865-)
(4) 1.1.6.1 Catherine Malcolm LISTON
<-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 1865
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Children: Unknown
(3) 1.1.7 Robert LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 26 Aug 1838
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Robert shown as a scholar in 1851 Scottish Census.
(3) 1.1.8 Mary LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 2 Feb 1840
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mary shown as a scholar in 1851 Scottish Census.
(3) 1.1.9 James Hamilton LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 27 Feb 1844
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
James shown as a scholar in 1851 Scottish Census.
(3) 1.1.10 Robertson LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: 5 Mar 1845
Birth Place: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
NOTES: Robertson shown as a scholar in 1851 Scottish Census (name shown there as "Robinson") - ? error on part of census taker.
(2) 1.2 Margaret LISTON
-----------------------------------------------Birth Date: abt 24 Sep 1809
Birth Place: Newhaven, Midlothian, Scotland
GRIFFITH
Clive (1907 - ~1958) child of (4) 1.1.5.8
John (Jock) (1904 - ?) child of (4) 1.1.5.8
Joseph (1910 - ) child of (4) 1.1.5.8
Margaret (1919 - ) child of (4) 1.1.5.8
Richard spouse of (4) 1.1.5.8
Walter (1914 - 1919) child of (4) 1.1.5.8
William (1906 - ) child of (4) 1.1.5.8
HILL
Albert Edward (1885 - 1961) spouse of (4) 1.1.5.2
KENNEDY
Agnes spouse of (4) 1.1.5.4
Catherine spouse of (3) 1.1.6
LENNON
Margaret (1870 - 1940) spouse of (4) 1.1.5.6
LISTON
Adam (1827 - ) (3) 1.1.1
Adam Slater (1871 - 1938) (4) 1.1.5.4
Agnes Robina (1864 - ) (4) 1.1.5.1
Alexander William (1904 - 1964) child of (4) 1.1.5.6
Catherine Malcolm (1865 - ) (4) 1.1.6.1
David (1834 - ) (3) 1.1.4
Elizabeth Allan (1883 - ) (4) 1.1.5.10
Elsie Mary (1909 - ) child of (4) 1.1.5.6
Euphemia Jessie (1880 - ) (4) 1.1.5.8
James Hamilton (1844 - ) (3) 1.1.9
James Robertson (4) 1.1.5.7
James William (1885 - ) (4) 1.1.5.11
Janet Curdie (3) 1.1.3
Jean Roberta (1906 - 1997) child of (4) 1.1.5.6
Jeanie Russell (1882 - ) (4) 1.1.5.9
Jemima (1830 - ) (3) 1.1.2
John (1) 1
Malcolm Keith (1914 - ~1999) child of (4) 1.1.5.6
Malcolm Robert (1874 - 1944) (4) 1.1.5.6
Malcolm Robertson (1837 - ) (3) 1.1.6
Margaret (4) 1.1.5.12
Margaret (~1809 - ) (2) 1.2
Margaret Mona (1902 - ?) child of (4) 1.1.5.4
Marion (4) 1.1.5.13
Mary (1840 - ) (3) 1.1.8
Mary Russell (1865 - ~1940) (4) 1.1.5.2
Robert (1838 - ) (3) 1.1.7
Robertson (1845 - ) (3) 1.1.10
Sarah Janet (1872 - 1926) (4) 1.1.5.5
William (~1835 - 1905) (3) 1.1.5
William (~1808 - ?) (2) 1.1
William Hamilton (1867 - ) (4) 1.1.5.3
McDOUGAL
Margaret spouse of (1) 1
RUSSELL
Mary (1807 - ?) spouse of (2) 1.1
SLATER
Agnes Howison (1847 - 1901) spouse of (3) 1.1.5